Gorgeous guitar.
383roller, the top's color is almost certainly the result of age and exposure to UV rays in the hundred and twenty two years of its existence. For that matter, I don't recall ever seeing any Martin guitars with stained or lacquered dark finishes until the late 1920's. I don't think Martin even offered those as an option until they started to feel the pinch of competition from Gibson during the Jazz Age. This 0-42 was made earlier than that.
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